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H&H Bagels
H&H Bagels, founded in 1972 on the Upper West Side, became one of the most nationally famous names in New York bagels during the late 20th century, at one point reportedly the largest bagel producer in the city and a fixture referenced repeatedly in television and film depictions of New York. The original H&H closed in 2011 amid financial and legal troubles, but the brand was revived under new ownership beginning in 2014, reopening with the same traditional boiled-and-baked technique and continuing to trade on the name's decades of accumulated New York bagel cultural cachet. Its continued operation today, including retail and wholesale bagel production, reflects both the brand's genuine historical significance to New York bagel culture and the specific, ongoing effort by its current ownership to preserve and rebuild that legacy after its earlier closure. For a New York bagels list, H&H is the essential "the most famous name, revived" entry — a once-dominant 1972-founded bagel brand that closed and was brought back, carrying decades of New York bagel cultural history along with it.
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Tompkins Square Bagels
Tompkins Square Bagels opened in the East Village in 2012, building a devoted modern following through a combination of traditional boiled-and-baked bagel technique and an unusually extensive, creatively flavored menu of specialty cream cheeses and sandwich combinations. Its willingness to experiment with a much wider range of cream cheese flavors and specialty sandwich builds than most traditional bagel shops offer gave it a distinctly more contemporary identity, appealing to a younger East Village clientele alongside longtime traditional bagel loyalists. The shop's rapid rise to prominence within just a few years of opening, becoming a regularly cited "best of New York" bagel destination despite its relatively recent founding compared to the city's many decades-old bagel institutions, reflected genuine quality recognition rather than simple nostalgia. For a New York bagels list, Tompkins Square Bagels is the essential "the modern favorite" entry — a relatively young East Village shop that's earned its way into the city's best-bagel conversation through traditional technique paired with genuinely creative flavor combinations.
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